A.N/ this is my fist fanfiction, so it probably won't be any good. Oh well, on with the story. Just to say, this is a Kusaki only fanfic, but don't let that put you off. And this has nothing to do with the actual series.

Chapter 1: Welcome to Wardington

My name is Runo Misaki and I hate moving. My family have moved three times already. Apart from moving, I really enjoy life. Just me, my little brother Marucho, my mum and dad. That was until we moved to Wardington. Then it became a lot harder for me…

"Ha! Look at her! She can't even throw a simple bakugan right!" the boy laughed and everyone else joined in, taking delight at how I couldn't play their stupid game properly. I was only 7; I didn't understand the rules yet. But that was failure to the kids at my school in New York.

I learned how to play bakugan though and became quite a good haos brawler. But just as my life was getting a bit better, we moved to Bayview, which was a town where no one knew that bakugan existed. When my brother was born, I taught him how to play though.

But now we're moving again, I don't know what to expect. Will it be like Bayview or like New York? I dunno…

7:00am- Present day…

"Runo, Runo! Wake up! We're moving today!" Marucho yelled as he barged into my room, wearing his blue silk pyjamas. I sat up, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. "Why are you so happy? Moving sucks. You have to rebuild your social life entirely," I told him, getting out of bed and heading towards the clothes I had got out for myself the day before.

Marucho cocked his head to the side "I'm 10, Runo. I don't even have a proper social life," he said.

"Whatever. Now get out of my room," I said, rudely. Then, when he was gone, I put on: a crème coloured T- shirt, a super short, red skirt, my yellow hoodie, a pair of knee high, blue socks and some trainers. Then, I put my hair in bunches and ran downstairs.

My mum was poring porridge into a bowl when I got downstairs. My dad was eating toast, while reading a newspaper. Marucho had also gotten changed into: a plain white, long sleeved shirt, a dark blue waistcoat, grey shorts, white trainer socks and his trainers. "And Leo gave me his phone number, so we can still be friends when we move to Wardington!" he was saying, excitedly.

"That's nice, dear. Runo, have you finished packing?" my mum asked. I nodded gloomily and sat down, grabbed a bowl of porridge and started eating. As I ate, I thought of everything I was going to miss out on. The school play would be a laugh, Gabriel's party seemed cool, I'd miss my friends, Chan-Lee and Joe and the beach was heaven. And the more I thought about leaving, the less I wanted to leave.

"You alright, sweetheart? You seem down," my dad said, looking out from behind his paper. When I didn't answer, he nodded knowingly "I forgot you don't like moving,"

"Don't like it?! I hate it!" I growled across the table at him.

"Don't speak to your father like that, Runo," my mum told me "He has done a good job finding us a new home. I think you'll both like it. And Wardington is a lovely town, just by the Pacific,"

"So is Bayview," I said indignantly.

All too soon, we were leaving. I looked back till I couldn't see Bayview any more. I slumped in my seat, feeling like I would never see it again, even though we would come back for holidays or something. This sucks I thought what if no-one plays Bakugan? Or they're all such big-heads; they don't think I'm any good? I looked down at my guardian Bakugan, Tigrerra. Although she couldn't speak in front of my parents, the feeling of her in my hand comforted me. I looked out of the car window, wondering if there were any guardian Bakugan in Wardington, and what their masters were like.

2 hours later…

"Here we are kids. Welcome to Wardington," my dad said, driving through a big city. I couldn't help looking out at my new home. There was mall, a big park, a skateboard park, a fun fair and some sort of beach. It didn't seem too bad. It wasn't long after that when dad was pulling up into a driveway. When he stopped, me and Marucho got out and gasped. The new house looked like a house own by one of dad's big business partners. It wasn't really big, but it wasn't extremely small either.

My dad also got out and I asked "Dad, how'd you buy this?" He smiled "Well, I just got a recent promotion!" My dad works for a big business that sold lots of different things- razor blades, teddy bears, picture frames, you name it, and they sell it. It turned out dad was now part of the head board, which was really high up. So, this was how my parents had been able to buy such a good house. And it actually was a good house with big rooms. I could see all our furniture in place, in the way we would all want it.

My room seemed the best. My parents had chosen rooms the same size for me and Marucho, so no tears there. His room looked out onto the drive and you could see the whole city. Mine had a view of the sea, and the harbour, and the beach. I could always watch the sea and get lost in those waves. Perhaps this isn't so bad after all I thought. "Runo, Marucho! We need to talk to you," my mum called. I left my room and rushed down the stairs, already feeling at home. Then I saw the look on my parents faces. I knew what they wanted to talk about. I mentally groaned. School…

A/N: So, what do you think? Next chapter is first day of school. Please RxR. Thanks!